The message I hope to have sent is just the example of being yourself. I tell this to my students: It's not about copying me or my logic systems. It's about allowing yourself to be yourself.

We deny our nature to build and create and then wonder why there is so much alienation and dissatisfaction.

The idealism [in architecture] is in the formal arrangement, the relationship to the city, the use of materials that are available to me. That's where I say our powers are limited.

The message I hope to have sent is just the example of being yourself.

There are places that are so designed they're unlivable.

Chicago's one of the rare places where architecture is more visible.

Generally people are more impressed with the services and the comfort issues than the design.